Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Volpone, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Theatre and Appearance vs Reality
Money and Commerce
Greed and Corruption
Gender Roles and Women
Language
Summary
Analysis
In Volpone’s house, Mosca ushers Bonario to a hiding space to witness Corbaccio disinheriting Bonario. Alone, Bonario says he still doesn’t believe that his father is going to disinherit him, and he hides.
Mosca is like a director, placing Bonario as a set piece, while also turning the disinheriting into a theatrical scene to be witnessed. It seems like he is doing this simply to create chaos.
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